Originally Posted by Comjam
What effect do you think a mid-air between a non-squwaking glider and a commercial aircraft is going to have on your sport? A lot more damaging than having to fit Mode S i'd imagine.
Oh, disastrous, no doubt about it. You did ask if there was more than mere cost behind the gliding movement's angst....
The CAA's round 2 consultation is in effect the negotiation to formulate new rules to avoid such a grim event and any negotiation is facilitated by understanding all aspects of each others problems. Hence the rather emotional level of my last post.
which brings me back to
Originally Posted by Me
In what way do all you IFR flyers think CAT and the use of airspace could be reorganised to preserve the open FIR for VFR sporting aviation?
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Not just above FL100 but everywhere.
Renaming RHIDS would be a start - we'd be inclined to take them seriously then!